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Why you need a Project Manager for Effective Strategic Sourcing?

Sourcing Captain

As we have discussed in our previous blogs, strategic sourcing is the perfect and innovative way to reduce costs, achieve a faster time to market and improve the quality of the final product. Moreover, it has been shown that 88 percent of organizations consider strategic sourcing as critical or major.

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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Services

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals.

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3 Strategic Sourcing Steps and How Nearshoring to Mexico Plays a Part

Ivemsa

The common urge is to select the cheapest price for material procurement, though this could eventually cost more due to a lack of quality. Implementing strategic sourcing is a way to add long-term value and continually optimize manufacturing processes. Develop a Sourcing Strategy. Evaluate Project Needs.

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How to Navigate the Supply Chain Mess

Perficient Digital Transformation

Supply chain management deals with the centralized management of the flow of goods and services and includes all processes that transform raw materials into final products. Companies should know where products are in the supply chain, whether it’s raw materials, suppliers, manufacturing, distribution, or retailers.

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Change Management/Sourcing Change Management

SIG Speaks

The company's prior organizational structure was that each facility was its entity with its procurement, human resources, quality, and manufacturing departments excreta. To gain efficiencies, reduce costs and ensure long-term viability, the company executives wanted to consolidate the company as one.

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How to build a successful product development strategy

IBM Services

This will become the sample as materials and vendors are sourced for mass production. Sourcing and manufacturing During this phase, a business gathers materials and contracts with partners, if applicable, to create a detailed plan for actual production. Will a product or feature drive specific and measurable business value?

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Tail Spend Analysis: What Is It, How To Perform It, and the Benefits

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Introduction To Tail Spend Analysis Tail spend analysis examines a company’s spending patterns and identifies opportunities to reduce costs and improve efficiency.